There was some discussion about max MTP earlier. The fundamental problem was that you couldn't learn Fu Bing and thus miss out on earning TP's because you can't get Xu Zhe fast enough because Fu Bing requires 220 INT to learn... Well the only other general you have access to with 220 intelligence before Xu Zhe is Liu Bei. So I am attempting to *painfully* get Liu Bei up to level 12 so he can learn Fu Bing. Right now I'm at level 11. I tried hiring and firing Mi Zhe, Song Ren, and Song Yong thinking that would help me gain experience faster... That didn't really help much and Mi Zhe uses Yan Re against you! Ouch!

Ahh...experience...

Can you handle me at level 11 with Ye Huo and 52/60 TP? MUHAHAHAHA

That's right punks!

Only 700+ experience to go

Once I get to level 12 I will try to get Li Ru before getting to level 13 so I don't miss out on any new tactics. Then I will go for Xu Zhe then Zhuge Liang ASAP.

I figured out that Liu Bei could be used to Fu Bing (someone tipped me off in an email a while ago—was it you?) but I haven’t done it yet. Kudos to you for making it happen! Thinking it through, the next step is pretty specific. You just need to get Xu Zhe without missing any other important tactics along the way.

I imagine this could be done with good timing (I think I posted the level up requirements and average experience from battles in the other thread) or by leveling up quite a bit more (ugh) to make sure you can run through Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu without another level up. I know it can be done, but it comes down to finding the easiest path.

Well I screwed up... I thought Xu Zhe could learn Bei Ji but apparantly he can't. I'm right before level 18 but only half way through Jing Zhou. If I take Chang Sha that puts me at level 18 with no Bei Ji (even though I have Xu Zhe and Li Ru in my party). It can be done though! This is what you would have to do:

Awesome! So basically, you got Fu Bing with Liu Bei, ditched him, and raced as efficiently as you could to Xu Zhe, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong? Did you cut it close in any areas, or was it pretty easy sailing from that point? I mean, were you close to leveling where you shouldn’t have?

James wrote:Awesome! So basically, you got Fu Bing with Liu Bei, ditched him, and raced as efficiently as you could to Xu Zhe, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong? Did you cut it close in any areas, or was it pretty easy sailing from that point? I mean, were you close to leveling where you shouldn’t have?

It's easy sailing if you keep these guys in your party at the start of these levels:

I fought only necessary battles through Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu, and Jing Zhou but I did have experience points to spare so it really wasn't a close call. If you take Yuan Shao before Jing Zhou you can't do it though.

Awesome. I would love to update the information on KMA with your findings.

And a side-question, do you still have all these screenshots? The ones that have been uploaded (that are displayed here) are JPG compressed, which results in a lower image quality and makes it hard to scale. PNG or GIF is usually best for graphics of this type, and most programs save them by default.